Offertory
To the Glory Boys--the poets Sam Kashner, Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky, Jack Kerouac, Gregory Corso--and Lucien Carr. To the jazz artists Billie Holiday, Lester Young, Ben Webster, Vic Dickenson, Gerry Mulligan, Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, and Bix Beiderbecke. To Freddie Mercury. For my doves Lambish (2002--2008) and Gigi (2005--2010) who enjoyed great music. As an artist I must be free, as is the lioness with her cubs.